July 2016 – Leigh-on-Sea

31 July

Shoeburyness

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Gatekeeper (Pyromania tithonus)

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30 July

Wat Tyler Park

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Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
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Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
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Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

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27 July 2016

Outside the house

Common toad (Bufo bufo)
Common toad (Bufo bufo)

25 July 2016

Leigh on Sea station

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London Fenchurch Street station

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Leigh on Sea

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24 July

Near Hadleigh Castle

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In the garden- Leigh on Sea

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23 July

Butterfly walk from Belfries Woodland Centre

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22 July 2016

In the garden, Leigh on Sea

Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallels)
Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallels)
22-spot Ladybird ( Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
22-spot Ladybird ( Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
22-spot Ladybird larvae ( Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
22-spot Ladybird larvae ( Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)

08 July 2016

By Leigh train station

Common european adder or common european viper (Vipera berus)
Common european adder or common european viper (Vipera berus)

05 July 2016

Leigh on Sea

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Green orb-weaver spider (Araniella cucurbitina)

 

03 July 2016

Rebecca found this elephant hawk moth dead on the path near Thames Drive, Leigh on Sea

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Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)
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Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)

…and then in the Belfairs Wood

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Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)

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02 July 2016

Near Hadleigh Castle (2pm – 5pm)

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Back Garden (phone picture)

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Belfairs Wood (10am – 12 midday)

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Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
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Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
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Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)

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01 July 2016

Near Leigh train station

See the difference between the Essex and Small Skipper butterflies- the Essex Skipper has black on the underside of the antennae.

Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestnis)
Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestnis)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)

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